BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A federal judge ruled on Friday that a majority of the money from the sale of Christ the King Seminary cannot be used toward the $150 million settlement in the Buffalo Catholic Diocese.

Christ the King Seminary, located in East Aurora, sold for more than $4 million in February. According to attorneys representing some of the victims, the ruling stops the diocese from using nearly 65% of that money to settle with sex abuse victims.

The diocese said that the settlement -- which was agreed upon in April -- will be paid using "available funds" from both the diocese and individual parishes, along with "contributions from Catholic-affiliated entities."

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